My garden – Page 30 – Jill Orme Photography

19 Mar 2024

Who you?

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Beetles, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I was in a vile mood this morning: stressed because the garden was looking awful, and I knew I was going to have to shape myself and do something about it; frustrated because I was struggling to get the photos … Continued

17 Mar 2024

Prepared

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I’d been so sure that this would be bee-fly day: it’s late enough now, and it was warm enough – this morning, at least, before the wind got into its stride again. But bee-flies were there none. On the other … Continued

16 Mar 2024

Basking

by JDO | posted in: Arachnids, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Waking me up on the first brilliantly sunny morning we’ve seen for weeks, R said, “You might want to reconsider your commitment to that meeting.” This was an all-day on-line meeting of the British Dragonfly Society, which I’d booked to … Continued

15 Mar 2024

Proboscis

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I hope to be in a position quite soon to stop whining about the weather – but today is not that day. Despite a promising start, it turned increasingly Icelandic over the course of the day, in the sense that … Continued

13 Mar 2024

Restorative

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

This morning I upgraded the firmware of the R7 – which, as is often the case, turned out to be a much less complicated and scary procedure than I’d been anticipating through all the months I’d spent prevaricating about it. … Continued

12 Mar 2024

Neat

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It rained again. And again, and again. Because this had put me in a vile mood anyway, it seemed worth me spending the morning challenging my car insurance renewal, which was being quoted at a 50% hike over last year’s … Continued

11 Mar 2024

Fine

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It was fine this morning, which was a major improvement on yesterday, and I was raging to be out and about, but it was still pretty dull and overcast, and after checking all of my birding and weather apps I … Continued

10 Mar 2024

Shelter

by JDO | posted in: Beetles, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

There are a lot of 7-spot ladybirds lurking around the garden at the moment, many of them in the honeysuckle or the laurel hedge, and a few in the rosemary and the sweet violet patch in the secret garden. But … Continued

8 Mar 2024

Lethargic

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I’m not sure whether the plumpies or I were more torpid today, but certainly none of us was moving at any kind of speed. To be fair, it was very cold – technically over 10°C, but with a fierce easterly … Continued

5 Mar 2024

Spotted

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I spotted this hoverfly, which Falk calls a Spotted Meliscaeva and Obsidentify calls a Spotted Thintail, down in the wild garden, where I’d risked walking because nothing higher up the garden was letting me get a lens anywhere near it. … Continued